Best book of 2016: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
Overall favorite fiction book of 2016: The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Overall favorite nonfiction book of 2016: In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
Quick stats:
- # of books read: 95
- format breakdown: 38% print, 62% e-book
- most-read genre: romance (53%)
- average star rating: 3.9
FIVE-STAR READS
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- Until There Was You by Kristan Higgins
- The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt
- Instant Temptation by Jill Shalvis
- Suddenly One Summer by Julie James
- The One & Only by Emily Giffin
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
- November 9 by Colleen Hoover
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas
- Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
- In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero
- Into the Dark by Cindy Gerard
- The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
- The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
- Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean
- The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
- Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
FOUR-STAR READS
- The Bay at Midnight by Diane Chamberlain
- City of Thieves by David Benioff
- Instant Gratification by Jill Shalvis
- Where We Belong by Emily Giffin
- Changing the Game by Jaci Burton
- Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Lovestruck in London by Rachel Schurig
- The Mapmaker’s Children by Sarah McCoy
- Drinking by Caroline Knapp
- Crazy Love You by Lisa Unger
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
- Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
- Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
- Taking a Shot by Jaci Burton
- Looking for Trouble by Victoria Dahl
- A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca
- Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis
- Playing to Win by Jaci Burton
- The Study of Seduction by Sabrina Jeffries
- Married by Morning by Lisa Kleypas
- The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
- The Best Man by Kristan Higgins
- Flirting With Disaster by Victoria Dahl
- Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis
- Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
- Over the Line by Cindy Gerard
- The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins
- The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
- Under the Wire by Cindy Gerard
- Taking the Heat by Victoria Dahl
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
- Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis
- Dog Crazy by Meg Donohue
- In Your Dreams by Kristan Higgins
- One Sweet Ride by Jaci Burton
- Love the One You’re With by Emily Giffin
- The Ramblers by Aidan Donnelley Rowley
- Results May Vary by Bethany Chase
- Rumor Has It by Jill Shalvis
- A Night Like This by Julia Quinn
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- 10% Happier by Dan Harris
- Melting the Ice by Jaci Burton
- Dare to Desire by Carly Phillips
- Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan
- If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins
- Then Came You by Jill Shalvis
- Dare to Touch by Carly Phillips
- The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn
THREE-STAR READS
- Start Me Up by Victoria Dahl
- Lead Me On by Victoria Dahl
- The Total Package by Stephanie Evanovich
- Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy
- The Magician’s Lie by Greer Macallister
- Somebody to Love by Kristan Higgins
- Skipping a Beat by Sarah Pekkanen
- Thrown by a Curve by Jaci Burton
- Summer Days and Summer Nights by Stephanie Perkins
- The Regional Office Is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzalez
- On Writing by Stephen King
- Heat Exchange by Shannon Stacey
- Waiting on You by Kristan Higgins
- Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
- A Rake’s Guide to Pleasure by Victoria Dahl
- Confess by Colleen Hoover
- Dare to Love by Carly Phillips
- First Comes Love by Emily Giffin
- The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
- Mosquitoland by David Arnold
TWO-STAR READS
- Girl Through Glass by Sari Wilson
- That Thing Called Love by Susan Andersen
- Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
- The Unwilling Executive by Miranda P. Charles
ONE-STAR READS
- Be My Love by Lucy Kevin
